Nutricia hosted a ketogenic diet information evening and cookery session at the Cooks Academy in Dun Laoighre on the 24th of November. The event was filled to capacity with a range of Health Care Professionals attending including, Dietitians, Clinical Nurse Specialists, a Consultant Neurologist and Diet Chefs. Mr. Kevin Rafferty, a dietitian from Nutricia Liverpool presented on “Nutritional therapy as a standard part of epilepsy care”.
Ms. Caitriona Hensey, Senior Dietitian Crumlin, provided an informative overview on the points to consider when starting a patient on a ketogenic tube feed. Attendees were also introduced to the new ketocalculator available to healthcare professionals for designing new recipes and using current recipes depending on the ketogenic diet ratio (http://blog.nutricia.com/myketocal/). Everyone then got a chance to try out some of the new ketocal recipes including pizzas, tartlets, omelettes and smoothies. The main comment about these was that they tasted great and would provide great variety for patients on the ketogenic diet.
If you would like any further information on Ketocal please contact Nutricia on 0151 230 5242
